KayJay
07-27-2009, 02:31 PM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 27, 2009
Contact: Mary Dettloff 517-335-3014
DNR Commercial Fish Enforcement Boat Assists Stranded Boaters in
Hammond Bay
The crew of a Department of Natural Resources commercial fish
enforcement vessel assisted some stranded boaters in Hammond Bay off of
Presque Isle County on Saturday, July 18.
Seven passengers were out for a day of pleasure boating about a mile
off Hammond Bay in Lake Huron when they encountered six- to eight-foot
seas. As they approached the shore for safety, their boat struck a
submerged boulder, disabling their vessel.
DNR Conservation Officers Craig Milkowski and Larry Desloover were
piloting the DNR’s H. Ransom Hill enforcement vessel back to its home
port in Rogers City after attending the Straits State Harbor dedication
ceremony in Mackinaw City that afternoon when they responded to a
“May-day” call on the marine radio and responded.
Milkowski and Desloover found the stranded vessel and took five
passengers off the boat, leaving two on the disabled boat, and towed it
back to Rogers City.
“This is a story of our officers being in the right place at the
right time,” said DNR Law Enforcement Chief Gary Hagler. “Watercraft
safety is of prime importance in our state, and whenever we can assist
boaters and provide a happy ending to what could have been a bad
situation, we will do so.”
For more information on watercraft safety, visit the DNR’s Web site
at www.michigan.gov/boating (http://www.michigan.gov/boating).
The DNR is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use
and enjoyment of the state's natural resources for current and future
generations.
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July 27, 2009
Contact: Mary Dettloff 517-335-3014
DNR Commercial Fish Enforcement Boat Assists Stranded Boaters in
Hammond Bay
The crew of a Department of Natural Resources commercial fish
enforcement vessel assisted some stranded boaters in Hammond Bay off of
Presque Isle County on Saturday, July 18.
Seven passengers were out for a day of pleasure boating about a mile
off Hammond Bay in Lake Huron when they encountered six- to eight-foot
seas. As they approached the shore for safety, their boat struck a
submerged boulder, disabling their vessel.
DNR Conservation Officers Craig Milkowski and Larry Desloover were
piloting the DNR’s H. Ransom Hill enforcement vessel back to its home
port in Rogers City after attending the Straits State Harbor dedication
ceremony in Mackinaw City that afternoon when they responded to a
“May-day” call on the marine radio and responded.
Milkowski and Desloover found the stranded vessel and took five
passengers off the boat, leaving two on the disabled boat, and towed it
back to Rogers City.
“This is a story of our officers being in the right place at the
right time,” said DNR Law Enforcement Chief Gary Hagler. “Watercraft
safety is of prime importance in our state, and whenever we can assist
boaters and provide a happy ending to what could have been a bad
situation, we will do so.”
For more information on watercraft safety, visit the DNR’s Web site
at www.michigan.gov/boating (http://www.michigan.gov/boating).
The DNR is committed to the conservation, protection, management, use
and enjoyment of the state's natural resources for current and future
generations.
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